{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20685013","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20685013","state":"Georgia","county":"Bryan","location_type":"County","file_year":1850,"filing_court":"Superior","enslaved_count":0,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"Bryan County Courthouse, Pembroke, Georgia","abstract":"James Cody states that his good reputation has been ruined by the slander of John Baily, who has accused Cody of buying \"rice from a slave without written permission from the owner overseer or employer of such slave.\"  According to Cody, Baily's words imply that the petitioner is \"a dishonest trader & guilty of buying & keeping stolen goods knowing them to be stolen.\"  Cody seeks $5,000 in damages.","subjects":[{"subject":"Slander"},{"subject":"Crops (rice)"},{"subject":"Theft by enslaved"},{"subject":"Clandestine economy "}]}]}